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Once upon a time, there lived a girl whose story was not her own. . .

So the story goes: Neglected and abused by her family, eclipsed by her elder and more beautiful sister, a young girl longs for happily-ever-after, for something, someone to rescue her. She is soon swept…

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1 author picked Dreadful Wind & Rain as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Dreadful Wind and Rain is named for an old folk ballad which describes the drowning of one sister by another, but it also echoes the story of Rachel and Leah in the Old Testament and elements of many ancient myths.

Gilliam crafts a powerful poetic voice that uses the framework of sibling rivalry to tell the story of a contemporary woman who throws off society's limited expectations for women, leaves a destructive marriage, and disentangles herself from the web of manipulative family members to find her own fierce voice and build a life for herself.

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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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